Visa (V) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that operates one of the world’s largest electronic payments networks. Through its VisaNet platform, the company facilitates the authorization, clearing and settlement of payment transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and governments.

Visa provides payment products and services for credit, debit, prepaid and commercial transactions. Its offerings also include digital payment capabilities, tokenization, fraud prevention, risk management and other value-added services designed to support secure electronic commerce and contactless payments. Visa generally does not issue cards, extend credit or set consumer account terms; those activities are typically handled by participating financial institutions.

The company traces its origins to Bank of America’s BankAmericard program, launched in 1958. The BankAmericard system was renamed Visa in 1976, and Visa became a publicly traded company in 2008. Visa’s payment network serves consumers, businesses, financial institutions and public-sector organizations across more than 200 countries and territories. Ryan McInerney has served as Visa’s president and chief executive officer since 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $370.37 to $379.99
• 50-Day Range: $358.94 to $383.47
• 52-Week Range: $293.89 to $385.57
• Volume: 6.41 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.05 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $670.40 billion
• P/E Ratio: 31.95
• Dividend Yield: 0.71%
• Price Target: $425.21
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Visa Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Visa scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 75th out of 833 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Visa has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.08, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 34 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Visa has a consensus price target of $425.21, representing about 13.2% upside from its current price of $375.69.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Visa has been the subject of 29 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Visa are expected to grow by 13.31% in the coming year, from $13.22 to $14.98 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Visa is 31.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Visa is 31.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Visa has a PEG Ratio of 1.75. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Visa has a P/B Ratio of 18.42. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.04% of the float of Visa has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Visa has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.87, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Visa has recently decreased by 8.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Visa has a dividend yield of 0.72%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Visa has been increasing its dividend for 17 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Visa is 22.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Visa will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.89% next year. This indicates that Visa will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.72

News Sentiment

Visa has a news sentiment score of 0.72. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 31 news articles for Visa this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 83 people have searched for V on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

69 people have added Visa to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 38% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Visa insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $28,863,319.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.12% of the stock of Visa is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.15% of the stock of Visa is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 10/08/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:V
• CIK: 1403161
• Web: www.visa.com
• Phone: (650) 432-3200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 34,100
• Year Founded: 1958

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Visa: $425.21
• High Price Target: $474.00
• Low Price Target: $370.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.08
• Research Coverage: 37 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.76
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 31.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 28.42
• P/E Growth: 1.75
• Net Income: $20.06 billion
• Net Margins: 50.78%
• Pretax Margin: 60.59%
• Return on Equity: 67.68%
• Return on Assets: 25.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.60
• Current Ratio: 0.99
• Quick Ratio: 0.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $40 billion
• Price / Sales: 16.76
• Cash Flow: $13.17 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.53
• Book Value: $20.40 per share
• Price / Book: 18.42

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,784,430,000
• Free Float: 1,782,288,000
• Market Cap: $670.40 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.77